After spending all day putting in a new cement walk, Mr. Sullivan was horrified to see his kids using sticks to write their names in it. After screaming viciously at the kids, he came back inside, only to find his wife scowling. "How could you do that?"she asked.
"It's just a walkway, and don't you love your kids?" Her husband said, "in the abstract, yes. But not in the concrete.?"

     沙利文先生花了一天的时候修了一条水泥路,却吃惊地发现他的孩子们拿棍子在还没干的水泥路上写他们的名字.他严厉地责骂了孩子们,然后走进家里,却发现妻子在阴沉着脸."你怎么可以这样?"她说."这不过是一条走道,难道你不爱你的孩子吗?"

    她丈夫说,"相反地,我很爱他们.但不是在形式上."